K40 Group Info
I’ve been working on some info for the group. Here’s some of it. I have more coming, including drawings and info on common mods.
I will be selling kits in the near future for individual upgrades, like a “Lighting Kit”, Interlock Kit" etc. they will be available as ‘parts & instructions’ or Solder free “plug in” versions for people who don’t want to do the wiring themselves. All my designs will be published here, so you can source and build them yourself, or use my drawings as “inspiration” for your own way of doing it. I’ve been approached several times about the kits, so I’ll be starting with a few simple ones, and we’ll see how it goes.
I was forcibly retired from my successful Industrial Controls business in 1998 by a serious health problem. ALL-TEK Systems was my company. I had 4 employees and worked for IBM, AT&T, Bristol Meyers/Zimmer, Welch-Allyn (Winner of “Partners in Quality Award” there) and a variety of less well known companies. We specialized in custom solutions to manufacturing and assembly line challenges. I really miss the work.
I’m the sort who just can’t take sitting around, so this kit building experiment is as much for my sanity as any financial gains. I am still am ‘under the weather’ a good portion of the time, so have been reluctant to commit to a business which requires my full time attention. I also refuse to delay someones order just because I took ill after they placed it. In order to prevent that, I’ll only put the kits up for sale one at a time as they are finished and ready to ship. I still need to finish my website and put it up, so this may be a few weeks off. If you really want/need something in the meantime, drop me a line and I’ll do my best to accommodate you. If you’re interested in being a “Beta tester”, drop me a line. Any experience level is fine. I’m not looking to ‘go big’ on this, only to help out my friends here and in the RC community with their hobby, and maybe defray at least the cost of my materials.
Anyway, here is what I have learned in the past couple days of dissecting the K40’s heart (Brain?) the M2 Nano Controller Board, Rev 7.
Here is a link to download the documents (Thanks to Halfnormal for making that happen)
If you have any information to add to my data, find errors, or just have comments, please send it to my email, and I will add it to the our “Reference Section”
I hope this helps out a few of you who are doing controller upgrades etc.
